# Product Development Engineer - Dynamic Sealing System Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $86,600-$166,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters. The Product Development Engineer - Dynamic Sealing System Engineer role involves designing and releasing dynamic sealing systems that meet or exceed cost, quality, weight, and delivery targets.

Responsibilities:

- Design and release dynamic sealing systems

- Concurrent engineering and thorough knowledge in DFMEA, DFM, DVP&R, CAE/FEA analytical tools, SCCAF, SC/CC, 8D, root cause analysis, product development and testing

- Familiar with gages, fixtures, tooling, TGW reduction and continuous improvement initiatives

Qualifications:

- BSME, Applications / Design / or Degree equivalent in experience

- 3-5 years of experience minimum, with elastomers (rubber/plastic), material specification and selection, weather sealing systems, vehicle integration

- In-depth experience in product design, theoretical analytical skills to establish optimized sealing energy and manufacturing processes related to weather seals, extrusion and injection molding

- Develop ESOW (Engineering Statement of Work), EC (Engineering concepts) and participate in the Sourcing Process

- Lead and support the effort to resolve issues with interfacing components

- Lead design reviews with sealing suppliers to ensure System Design Specifications are created and met

- Lead FMA creation of engineering documentation

- Sign off eCAD drawings with related GDT (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing)

- Sign off on DVP&R tests, confirm compliance with System Design Specifications and materials M9P9 spec

- Ensure AVBOM, cost targets and design gaps have clearly defined roadmaps

- Release parts in AVBOM, Change Control and WERS throughout the product life cycle

- Achieve DPA count to glidepath with 0 open at UPV2 through FDJ

- Achieve P-Release on time

- Complete FDJ/FEC/PEC with no open majors

- Deliver DCV, TT, PP, MPI and MP2 build events, on time

- Audit and update BOM (Bill of Material) with correct part levels and usage

- Support current production issues, cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives

- Strong working knowledge in significant and critical characteristics (SC/CCs) associated with dynamic seal product requirements and manufacturing processes

- Excellent communication and organizational skills, competent, proficient and result-oriented

- Possess strong skills in problem-solving and root cause analyses

- Proactivity and courage to escalate emerging issues swiftly to Management’s attention

- Launch support and some travel are required

- Proficient with Excel, Word, Power Point, Internet, Catia v6/3DX / Team Center

Benefits:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

- Tuition assistance

- Established and active employee resource groups

- Paid time off for individual and team community service

- A generous schedule of paid holidays

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

## Skills

### Required
- DFMEA
- DFM
- DVP&R
- CAE/FEA
- SCCAF
- SC/CC
- 8D
- root cause analysis
- product development and testing
- elastomers
- material specification and selection
- weather sealing systems
- vehicle integration
- product design
- theoretical analytical skills
- optimized sealing energy
- manufacturing processes
- extrusion and injection molding
- ESOW
- Engineering concepts
- Sourcing Process
- design reviews
- System Design Specifications
- FMA
- engineering documentation
- eCAD drawings
- GDT
- DVP&R tests
- AVBOM
- cost targets
- design gaps
- roadmaps
- Change Control
- WERS
- DPA count
- glidepath
- FDJ
- P-Release
- FDJ/FEC/PEC
- DCV
- TT
- PP
- MPI
- MP2
- BOM
- problem-solving
- root cause analyses
- Excel
- Word
- Power Point
- Internet
- Catia v6/3DX
- Team Center

### Nice to have
- Manufacturing Engineering in the Weather Sealing Industry
- ability to work independently
- ability to work with and manage daily activities of the supply base
- ability to work with Ford Program Management
- Cost Estimating
- Engineering
- Materials
- Manufacturing
- Quality and Purchasing
- ability to work under compressed timing constraints
- ability to work within a fast-paced environment

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